Fighting the Whales; or, Doings and Dangers on a Fishing Cruise
by Ballantyne, R. M
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Porter & Coates, 1873. Hardcover. Good. Novel of a whaling trip, rich with the details of the sailor's life. Green cloth. Illustrated spine frayed at head. Cover worn, front hinge starting, interior clean and unmarked except for dated inscription on ffep. Book plate on paste down. 140 pp. Novel of a whaling trip, rich with the details of the sailor's life.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Bin (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CORV-BBP-008908
- Title
- Fighting the Whales; or, Doings and Dangers on a Fishing Cruise
- Author
- Ballantyne, R. M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Porter & Coates
- Date Published
- 1873
- Weight
- 0.50 lbs
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...